Ethiopian Airstrike kills 56 Civilians, Tigray Fighters Say
Daily Rendezvous Tigrayan forces have claimed that dozens of civilians in a camp for Internally Displaced people were killed in a government airstrike — indicating conflict is still ongoing despite recent reconciliation efforts. A spokesman for Tigrayan forces said that an airstrike by the Ethiopian government killed at least 56 civilians in the country's embattled northern region. Reports of the airstrike at the camp in Dedebit in northwestern Tigray, came a day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a message of reconciliation on Orthodox Christmas. What we know about the strike "Another callous drone attack by Abiy Ahmed in an IDP [Internally Displaced Persons] camp in Dedebit has claimed the lives of 56 innocent civilians so far," Getachew Reda, a spokesman for Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said on Twitter. The report could not be identified independently as access to Tigray is restricted, and the region remains unde...